Yue Guanchao's doubts increased as he listened to the rumors about Cave Mountain. He looked at Old Man Tang and frowned: "Old man Tang, there are so many birds and beasts inhabiting such a big cave mountain. Where is the entrance to the cave mountain?" ?”
What he was most concerned about was how they would find the entrance to the cave mountain. Even if the gods really worshiped outside the cave mountain, they had to find the rightful owner first. They couldn't worship every mountaintop once.
When Old Man Tang heard him mention this, he shook his head: "My dear, if you ask this, I can only tell you that the entrance to Cave Mountain has never been determined!"
"I have followed the village leader to worship my ancestors since I was a child. Every time I enter the cave mountain from a different cave, sometimes in the mountains, sometimes at the top of the mountain, and sometimes by the spring on the mountainside. There is no pattern to follow. There are no special landmark buildings, just ordinary caves in the mountains. As long as we come out of the cave after worshiping our ancestors, when we go back, the road is completely blocked. We can only wait until the next year to worship our ancestors again, so as to open a new one. Entrance."
Tang Baoguan's words made everyone curious. They felt more and more that Cave Mountain was a living thing. It even had its own consciousness and could change different entrances.
A strange color flashed in Song Siyuan's eyes, and she asked seriously: "Because of this, the real purpose of you bringing these six animals is not to sacrifice to the Soul Palace, but to open the entrance to the cave mountain and let you in to hold a sacrificial ceremony?"
She clearly guessed the meaning of the sacrifice. Even Tang Baoguan had to praise her a few words. He touched the map tremblingly and said: "Woman, you are really smart. It is true. There are no flesh and blood sacrifices in these caves and mountains." The pins cannot be opened at all, and Muramasa also tried to enter the cave mountain without sending any sacrifices. They also forced the excavation of the last cave, and could only dig out sedimentary sediment, gravel, and dead vines and grass."
"Later, we also summoned the beasts from other caves. These caves are interconnected inside, just like an ant's nest and a hornet's nest. It would be extremely difficult to bypass the maze and enter the cave mountain without the guidance of the cave mountain. Although the Soul Palace is in the cave mountain In the depths, we have not seen the real soul palace so far. We often go down to the depths of the cave mountain to hold sacrificial ceremonies and then go back, and we don’t dare to stay there for too long.”
These words surprised everyone. Song Siyuan used to think that bringing sacrifices was only required by feudal etiquette. From this point of view, the actual role of the six animals is probably greater than the etiquette role.
"Oh my god, is it possible that Kushan is really a mountain that eats living animals, as my uncle said?"
When Tang Dayang was born, his grandfather had already taken his ancestors from the mountains to Xijing. In life, his family was very taboo about mentioning Tangling Village and the Soul Palace. His understanding of the Soul Palace from a young age was limited to the drunken adults. Details and this nursery rhyme prophecy, but nothing else.
Like Yue Guanchao and the others, this was the first time he heard that there was a mountain that ate living animals. The surprise on his face was no less than theirs. His scalp felt numb before even going to Cave Mountain.
"Uncle, has this mountain eaten anyone?"
Tang Dayang asked cautiously, if it's okay to just eat animals, but if you eat even living people, that would be terrifying.
Tang Baoguan's face became mysterious, and his tone revealed the fear of surviving the disaster: "The villagers are all inside. Do you think they can eat people? You can say that you saw no blood, but the villagers and tomb robbers just disappeared. They disappeared without a trace in the cave mountain, not even a piece of clothing or fur was left behind. I can only guess that they were eaten by the soul mist in the cave mountain."
After saying that, the old man kept banging the wooden table and said in a rather anxious tone: "Women and women, it is for this reason that I don't want to ask you to go to the Soul Palace. Think about how much trouble it will cause just to offer sacrifices. Once you find Soul Palace, the consequences are unimaginable, but I see that you are confident, so I can only wish you immediate success, but please don't follow our old path."
Tang Baoguan knew that Yue Guanchao and the others had decided to go, so he stopped talking and pointed at the map of the Qinling Mountains and said: "Taiyi Valley is very close to the Ziwu Road. We need to enter the southern foot along the Ziwu Road on the east side of the Qinling Mountains, and then pass through the southern foot of the Qinling Mountains." Go to Shicheng Station, Yangquan Station, and Hanzhong Station to the south end of Baoxie Road, and then enter Wusheng Station. Then you can stand on the Yungu Plank Road, and then offer sacrifices to the six animals so that you can find the cave mountain."
Yue Guanchao looked at the map. If he wanted to enter Baoxie Road from Ziwu Road, he had to either go through the Tongcheguan Road outside the Qinling Mountains, or he could only pass through the Hanzhong Basin in the Qinling Mountains. There was no other way!
He was very curious why he didn't choose the official road outside the Qinling Mountains. After all, it was much easier to take the official road on the plains than in the deep mountains and old forests. He simply asked the question in his heart: "Uncle Tang, wouldn't it be easier for us to take the official road and enter Baoxie Road? Why do we still need to transfer to Hanzhong Basin? Isn’t this a blind detour!”
Old Man Tang knew that Yue Guanchao was thinking a lot, so he quickly reassured everyone: "My son, there are many of us and there are many carriages. When we walk outside the official road, we will not be questioned by the passing county. If we ask a few times, we will basically be asked what we do. It's not good for your plan. It's not dignified to dig a tomb to be a local master. If these counties want to inspect things and see the things you prepared to dig a kiln, it will be very bad."
"The roads I chose are all in the deep mountains and old forests. They were originally transfer plank roads for north-south freight. Now that there are trains, these plank roads are mostly abandoned. Except for some shady and unscrupulous traders who are still willing to walk, there are basically no people there. , it’s okay if we just open up and walk.”
"Think about it, is this true?"
